A bomb-cratered runway and crumbling control tower are relics of when a remote village in Asia was one of the world’s most ...

A special event coming up in Walnut Grove will thank Hmong and Lao veterans for their service in the war in Southeast Asia, 50 years ago. The gathering will include food and performances by the SW ...

Today, millions of unexploded bombs remain, posing a deadly threat to children and their families. An estimated one-fourth of ...

From the early 1960s to 1975, Long Tieng served as the headquarters of a clandestine war effort backed by the U.S. Central ...

Deep in the sweltering jungles of central Laos, Long Tieng played a central role in the United States’ fight to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. Fifty years after its fall, we ...

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Demining Teams Risk all to Free Laos of Vietnam War bombs 05/23/2025 May 23, 2025. Laos is still the most heavily bombed country worldwide per capita, due to the Vietnam War.

The Vietnam ... Laos and Cambodia, with the CIA recruiting and training thousands of Hmong people to fight on behalf of Americans during a clandestine operation in Laos known as the "Secret War." ...

The war (1955-75) pitted communist North Vietnam and its allies against South Vietnam and its ally, the US, and spilled into Laos and Cambodia. It was seen partly as a symbol of the cold war and a ...

Editor's note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War.

“Turning Point: The Vietnam War” opens with Brooklyn ... whose hawkish influence in the closing acts of the war, along with expanding the conflict to Laos and Cambodia, rightly earned his ...

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. When President Lyndon ... The fighting spilled over into Cambodia and Laos, triggering two horrific ...